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Study finds 25% of unresponsive coma patients may still be conscious

A recent study found that 25 per cent of patients in unresponsive states were shown to respond cognitively to instructions on a brain scan.

17/08/2024

Healthcare

Third of nurses report witnessing patients die due to staff shortages

A new global survey shows the extent to which staff shortages in the healthcare sector are impacting patients.

13/10/2023

Health news

Exercising before surgery could help patients recover, study finds

Exercising before undergoing major surgery could help patients avoid common complications like pneumonia, cardiac and abdominal problems.

13/07/2023

Tech News

Meet China's caregiver robot to help the future elderly and patients

The GR-1 humanoid will be able to carry patients from the bed to wheelchairs and help pick up objects.

12/07/2023

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Watch: Locals evacuated from the frontline city of Kostyantynivka

Under constant attacks in Ukraine's frontline city of Kostyantynivka, 64-year-old Tetiana Chyzh and her husband no longer have a choice - they are leaving.

23/04/2023

Health news

Are stem cells the cure for HIV we’ve been looking for?

Some scientists believe stem cell transplants may never be a scalable treatment for HIV, but every case brings us closer to a more generalised cure.

28/02/2023

Sweden

Italian surgeon convicted over windpipe transplants

"There is nothing to suggest that he was unaware that the operation would cause severe bodily harm and long and severe suffering," the court said in a statement.

16/06/2022

Greece

Two dead after fire on hospital's COVID ward in Thessaloniki

The blaze broke out at the Papanikolaou hospital on Wednesday morning.

06/04/2022

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Santa Claus climbs down building to visit children in a Spanish hospital

Children spending the holidays in a hospital in Barcelona get a much-needed boost from a firefighter dressed as Santa Claus, who greets them from outside a hospital window while hanging from a climbing rope outside the building, due to strict pandemic rules restricting visitors

23/12/2021

Austria

Surgeon in Austria fined for amputating patient's wrong leg

A regional court found the 43-year-old surgeon guilty of gross negligence.

02/12/2021

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Argentina: Relatives allowed to see COVID-19 patients through windows

After an initial period of many health restrictions that involved the death of thousands of COVID-19 patients in solitary confinement, Argentina began in August to promote the meeting of patients with their families through various initiatives to ensure dignified treatment.

20/12/2020

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Life under lockdown in a French nursing home

A region in eastern France which has been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus has carried out tests for all nursing home residents and staff

19/04/2020

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Coronavirus: Israel test booth allows staff-patient separation

An Israeli health organization has set up a COVID-19 testing booth allowing quick tests with complete separation between medical staff and patients

19/04/2020

World News

Drugmaker launches lottery for life-saving gene therapy in babies

Swiss drugmaker Novartis has launched an international lottery for its groundbreaking and extremely costly gene therapy Zolgensma, sparking both hope and outrage among patients’ families.

02/01/2020

World News

Doctors of Death and Nurses who Neutralise - The Scrubs Killers

After a former German nurse admitted to killing 100 patients at two hospitals in Germany, Euronews takes a look at other doctors and nurses who have killed patients.

31/10/2018